Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-04-23
EDITION,
Terrific Cyclone.

Terrific Cyclone.
GuyADA. No., April PA terrific
49, swept over che northern rsrt OF
- HetDonl county last night about
sealing death an d destruction
- ~ tt struck. Fences, houses,
- - everything In the line OF the
- which vas about half mile
Osoes we're picked up. rent into spin.
- ana cast down hundreds of yards
eOAy. Tfees were torn up by the roots,
49, yntrty houses were destroy ed and
aoous hfteen persops killed.
1nero were Ave nem bers of the Nil
ieoiiys four OF whom were killed
- uaoZ, aged years, was dropped 10
- ynrd, and was found uphurt THE
ooen1ng. Paris of the Miller house
- furniture were found strewn over
- 6elds for . mile from where the
Aoase formerly stood. Reliable news
- only been received from Osaee
eowunAtp. and 1t 10 thought that the
0eesar roll will be swelled to over twer-
The damages reported to day include
ooo: DWellinR of @. T. Whitfield
eDWn down and his wife seriously In,
yuBod; Lucien Hoods dwelling, q two.
10y framo, blown entirely away; the
sanatly weze sleeping on the first floor
- escaped with slight II juries; John
1oyoAs. dwelling carried away and
sntAmin Boyce slightly injured
AoWts Humble, d ceiling ept partially
eWAy, the portion remaining caught
~ and was consumed; the husband
- vie were blown some distance and
Ieeslvd some bruiees; L. o. Shrout's
93elling was blown down, and his wife
sS5ured. A dwelling owned by Frank
YkmAAll A~A >taA
award Trowe aud wife, and john
1oWier, was destroyed, but no one was
en1ured seriously.
a house owned by James Davis and
occupied BY Pasohal CLANCY was torn
p frAgrAnts. Mr.. CLANCY, wife aud
-. Hooper and tvo children were in
H. building. The children were
eolosp, and the bed in which they were
l1ong was carried some distance and
Sooken to pieces, but all escaped unin'
3ueed, aside from few scratches.
George CLANCY q dwelling was car.
I1od away. Mr.. Clancy was absent,
I'D bis wife and mother were there
WofA their children. When the storm
49, 6rst heard they ran out the door,
~ Mamie Slower, seven years old,
oeaghter OF Mrs. CLANCY, ran back into
IT, house and was crushed to death In
~ fall The frep zied mother pulled
H. man led body OF her child from the
faens: Other mem beers Of the family
Wore hurt, but not severely.
IN ARKANSAS.
LITTLE Rock. Ark, April % AT
Aoout O'Clock this morning q tornado
originating in the Indian Territory ard
sowing almost due east passed through
ehe country four miles north and along
lhe line Of the Little Rock and Fort
smith Railroad. 1t was between o
quarter and half mile wide, and near
ozark, franklin County, began doing
gssat damage to trees, houses and
1Dces Further east, near Cos Hill
and Clarksville, johnson County, the
damage Was vary serious and many
parsons were injured.
The loss to farmers and buildipgs,
fences, stocks sid growi crops il
w vssy heavy but 1t came low be es'l-
The Gazette Ozark .steial gays: "a
hssvy. wind APPROACHED frcm several
directions nd(MS.-sn this valley ar 1
passed Hp tbl canyon east OF tie town
ebout the he@ of which the funnel ap-
pserance OF cyclone was frst seen
a sfack 500 IS wide v as laid almost
sn0IeIy BARE imber aud all eor:a OF
---rs WfIs DiOWp In every dl
%os % Tesa residence of Jonathan
.~Ro-Esxe4the funnel first struck
- wts blown forty te t aud
900 Mr. WI Prtby was badly hurt,
family esjbsped by not being in
,hide the house. fMcCourt's church was
csmpletely destroyed. One dwelling
near by W az leveled, bat The mem beis
Of the family were 80 caught bet wee |
climbers that nobody was hurt.
IN KENrUCKY
CINCINNATI. Ohio, April % "A tor.
nAdo swept through portion Of Ken
tacky, south of Tin clnnati, TO-DAY. All
fAris, while violent raIn Storm, with
thoDder and lightning, war in pro.r4ss
. continuous rumbling sound was
heard. which proved TO be 4 tornado |
which passed in a fe " min u'ss, leaviu |
. track four hundred yards vice, IL |
which trees wers leyel!ec aud Lauses
unroofed.
Heavy rain fell bore reaily al lav
n we'll as throughout the Odio Valley
Near Ports nj nth, Ohio, Warrsn Oar
roll, on raft in the Ohio liye. wns
stsuck by lightning and killed.
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